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记叙文(一)
(2018·山西八校第一次联考)
One day,while we were visiting my parents on a farm in late summer,Dad mentioned he'd always wanted a Crimson King Maple Tree for the yard.Mom agreed that the trees were __1__.
Like many other parents,mine were hard to __2__ for,so I figured this was a great opportunity to get them something they'd __3__.I also thought two would be even better.I checked the __4__ at work and decided it was a bit more than I could __5__—but all of my siblings(兄弟姊妹)agreed to give some money to buy the trees.
In northern Ohio,you don't plant maple trees at Christmas,so we decided to __6__ Mom and Dad with a special Christmas in October before the ground __7__.We asked my aunt if she'd help us with the “__8__”,and she called my parents __9__ to say she was coming for a Sunday visit.Then my sisters and sistersinlaw went into __10__,planning a big holiday turkey dinner.
On the __11__ Sunday,we all met at my house and __12__ the trees into a truck.I __13__ as Santa Claus.When we arr